Monday, May 7, 2012

This months challenge was Grilled Cheese....Tina must have been inspired because there have been a slew of grilled cheese sandwich recipes floating around the internet.

I've learned that grilled cheese does not have to consist of processed cheese & sandwich bread {something I do not like}.....in fact there are so many flavor combinations to make what I call a "grown-up"grilled cheese.

One of my favorite sandwiches that I'll make every once in awhile is my Ciabatta with bacon & brie combination, so I was excited for this challenge to search for a couple of new recipes.

When I typed in grilled cheese into the Pinterest search engine, I found a wonderful blog, Gallery Kitchen-Bake Up Little Suzy. I hit the jackpot. She was doing a month-long grilled cheese special and I immediately starting pinning recipes to try out.

I tried to stay pretty true to the recipe, but I adapted some to feed my family of five....here's a rundown of how I made these fabu-deliciosity sandwiches.

First, I started out with some homemade Challah Bread. The recipe I used was fantastic, I think I calculated that each slice was 80 calories or so.

While the bread baked, I wrapped 10 cloves of garlic in some foil-with some EVOO-and roasted it for about 25-30 minutes. Heavenly smell.

For the Bacon part, I used Turkey bacon. I really like the stuff & it's a little nicer for you calorie wise. Sun-Dried tomatoes, Italian Cheese Blend, Basil & EVOO rounded out the rest of the ingredients.

Because I was mass producing this sandwich, I used my Oven. Made it much easier to cook 5 {or 6} sandwiches at once.

I fully enjoyed this sandwich. From the smoky bacon, to the sweet tomatoes, to the roasted garlic, my mouth was having a par-tay!

Wow Your bread looks fab.., I too made a bread to make my sandwich, being a vegetarian I could leave out the meat part of it and try out the rest :), Beautiful clicks loved the first one... Jayasri CCC#80